The Blue Danube (1928 film)
| The Blue Danube | |
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| Directed by | Paul Sloane |
| Written by | Harry Carr (writer) Paul Sloane (writer) John W. Krafft (titles) Edwin Justus Mayer (titles) |
| Story by | John Farrow |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille Ralph Block |
| Starring | Leatrice Joy Joseph Schildkraut |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Margaret Darrell |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (English Intertitles) |
The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.[1][2]
Plot[edit]
A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.
Cast[edit]
- Leatrice Joy as Marguerite
- Joseph Schildkraut as Ludwig
- Nils Asther as Erich von Statzen
- Seena Owen as Helena Boursch
- Albert Gran as Herr Bourscch
- Frank Reicher as Baron
- May Robson
- Edna Mae Cooper
- Oliver Eckhardt as Fritz
Music[edit]
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.
Preservation[edit]
A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ The Blue Danube at silentera.com
- ^ "Hersholt Signs as Simon Levi in New Picture". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1927. p. 27.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 19, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Blue Danube
External links[edit]
- The Blue Danube at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lantern slide for the film
- Stills at the Nils Asther website
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